Biology:Epermenia albapunctella
| Epermenia albapunctella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Epermenia |
| Species: | E. albapunctella
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| Binomial name | |
| Epermenia albapunctella Busck, 1908[1]
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Epermenia albapunctella is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by August Busck in 1908.[2] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Indiana , Maine, Minnesota, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Quebec.[3][4]
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, mottled with lighter fuscous and with black and brown scales. There is an ill-defined, broad, blackish fascia across the middle of the wing, preceded and followed by lighter patches. There is a round white dot at the end of the cell, preceded and followed by a black longitudinal dash. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[1]
The larvae feed on Osmorhiza occidentalis, Ligusticum scoticum and Heracleum species.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Busck, A. (1908). "Descriptions of some new microlepidoptera from Pennsylvania". The Canadian Entomologist 40: 193–196 [195]. https://archive.org/stream/canadianentomolo40ento#page/195/mode/1up.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Epermenia albapunctella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=127765.
- ↑ "520006.00 – 2328 – Epermenia albapunctella – Busck, 1908". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2328. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
- ↑ Gaedike, Reinhard (2008). "New species and records of the Nearctic Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 151: 57–64. https://www.nev.nl/tve/pdf/te0151057.pdf.
- ↑ Entz, Chuck (July 8, 2011). "Species Epermenia albapunctella - Hodges#2328". http://bugguide.net/node/view/320635.
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Wikidata ☰ Q13608808 entry
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